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MOM: Magic Circles Book 1
MOM: Magic Circles Book 1
MOM: Magic Circles Book 1
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MOM is the mall operations manager -- the greatest intelligence in history, a machine awakened to self-awareness at a time when the last few human survivors have withdrawn to the last two remaining refuges on Earth. Quarantined from the global nanobot superorganism outside the malls and from each other inside, the mallsters are utterly dependent on MOM for everything -- including the only, evermore suspect information they have about the world Outside. Now the malls are crumbling.

Praise for MOM, Book 1 in the Magic Circles Series:

"The extra-sensorial journey, the unspooling of the central mystery, and the story's moving climax are byyond mind-blowing"
- Paul Dorsey, The Nation (Bangkok)

"[MOM] is a page-turner that contains all the right components for a smach movie... The Bard of Bangkok has really outdone himself this time. My strong hunch is that MOM is destined to attain classic status."
- Bradley K. Martin, author of Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader

"MOM is a big bang of a novel with many big ideas... Old Asia hands, sci-fi fans, and readers of quality fiction who enjoy complex and entertaining yarns should enjoy MOM."
- Kevin Cummings, Thailand Footprint

"This book will take you on the craziest trip you've ever been on. And it will make you question everything."
- Siobhan, reviewer at Novelties

"If you are looking for a book that will make you question everything - life, humanity, and Earth as we know it today - definitely pick up MOM by Collin Piprell."
- Ellen, reviewer at Scribbles, Quibbles & Scrawlings

LanguageEnglish
PublisherProglen
Release dateJun 5, 2020
ISBN9786164560284
MOM: Magic Circles Book 1
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Collin Piprell

Collin Piprell is a Canadian writer and editor based in Bangkok. He has also lived in England, where he did graduate work at Oxford, and in Kuwait, where he learned to sail, water-ski, and make a credible red wine in plastic garbage bins. Before and after the Oxford and Kuwait years Collin was, among other things, a driller and stope leader on mining and tunneling jobs in Ontario and Quebec, a freelance feature writer and editor, and editorial director of a small publishing company with offices in Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Samui, Bali At the end of 2008 he resigned to devote himself to writing. Over the past years he has produced many articles on a wide variety of topics. He is also the author of four novels, a collection of occasional pieces, a diving guide to Thailand, another book on diving, and a book on Thailand's coral reefs. He has also co-authored a book on Thailand's national parks. He is currently at work on the second novel of a futuristic trilogy. MOM, the first book in the series, is complete.Books by Collin Piprell:* Kicking Dogs (CreateSpace 2010; Bangkok: Asia Books, 2000; bookSiam, 1995; Editions Duang Kamol, 1991), a novel.* MOM (CreateSpace 2009), a science-fiction novel.* Bangkok Knights (Bangkok: Asia Books 2001; Bangkok: Editions Duang Kamol, 1989, 2nd ed. 1991; published as Too Many Women by bookSiam, 1995). Out of print.* Yawn (Bangkok: Asia Books, 2000), a novel. Out of print.* Bangkok Old Hand (Bangkok: Post Books, 1993), a collection of stories and essays. Out of print.* Thailand's Coral Reefs (Bangkok: White Lotus, 1995). Photos by Ashley J. Boyd. Natural history and conservation of reefs. Out of print.* A Diving Guide to Thailand (Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, USA: Hippocrene Books, 2000; Singapore: Times Editions, 1994). Photos by Ashley J. Boyd.* Thailand: The Kingdom Beneath the Sea (Bangkok: Artasia Press, 1990). Photos by Ashley J. Boyd. Out of print. * National Parks of Thailand, in collaboration with Denis Gray and Mark Graham (Bangkok: IFCT, 1991; 2nd ed. 1994). Out of print.

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